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' E. E0 WELL. Clothes-Founder.

= VENTDB JM l ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRISON HOWELL, OF SULLIVANVILLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ABRAM BALES ANDISAAC HOWELL, OF SAME PLACE.

CLOTHES-POUNDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 223,647, dated January20, 1880.

Application filed November 15, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRISON HOWELL, of Sullivanville, in the county ofOhemung and State of New York, have invented certain new 7 and usefulImprovements in OlothesPounders and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,

10 making a part of this specification, and to the letters and ii guresof reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a perspective of myclothes-pounder, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View of thesame.

My present invention relates to an improved clothes-pounder constructedsubstantially as herein set forth and claimed.

in the drawings, A designates a wooden handle about four feetlong; andB, an enlarged extension of the same, which forms a central piece orplate of the base of the pounder.

O designates four plates, which are secured by screws to the four sidesof the central plat-e,

2 5 B. At the juncture of this plate or enlarged extension part and thehandle are shoulders I), so that when in place the upper outer edges ofthe plate 0 will he flush with the exterior of the handle. The plates 0flare outwardly at the base of the pounder, as shown, and openings d areformed at the four corners, for the passage of water and air while thepounder is forced upon the clothes.

By placing the clothes within a tub of water and using this pounder,they will be raised, 3 5 turned, pounded, and thoroughly washed.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi Aclothes-pounder constructed with the handle A, enlarged extension B,shoulders b, and 4.0 the plates 0, secured to the sides of the extensionpart B, and flaring outwardly at the base of the pounder, with the fourcorner openings d between them, substantially as herein shown andspecified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

HARRISON HOWELL.

Witnesses FRANK SMITH, S. H. GONKLING.

